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|fullname = Andrew Alan Escher Auernheimer | |fullname = Andrew Alan Escher Auernheimer | ||
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|type of villain = White Supremacist | |type of villain = White Supremacist | ||
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|crimes = [[Hate Speech|Hate speech]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>Identity fraud<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>[[ | |crimes = [[Hate Speech|Hate speech]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>Identity fraud<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Christophobia]]<br>[[Anti-Catholicism]] | ||
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}}{{Quote|I unequivocally support the killing of children. I believe that our enemies need such a level of atrocity inflicted upon them and their homes that they are afraid to ever threaten the white race with genocide again. We will not relent until far after their daughters are raped in front of them. We will not relent until far after the eyes of their sons are gouged out before them. We will not relent until the cries of their infants are silenced by boots stomping their brains out onto the pavement.|Andrew Auernheimer}} | }}{{Quote|I unequivocally support the killing of children. I believe that our enemies need such a level of atrocity inflicted upon them and their homes that they are afraid to ever threaten the white race with genocide again. We will not relent until far after their daughters are raped in front of them. We will not relent until far after the eyes of their sons are gouged out before them. We will not relent until the cries of their infants are silenced by boots stomping their brains out onto the pavement.|Andrew Auernheimer}} | ||
'''Andrew Alan Escher Auernheimer''', also known by his online pseudonym '''Weev''', is an American hacker associated with the [[Alt-Right]] who is the current webmaster of [[The Daily Stormer|''The Daily Stormer'']]''. ''He is best known for being indicted for exposing a flaw in computer security that allowed hackers to steal data, for which he served 13 months in prison before his conviction was overturned on the grounds that the trial was not conducted properly. | '''Andrew Alan Escher Auernheimer''', also known by his online pseudonym '''Weev''', is an American hacker associated with the [[Alt-Right]] who is the current webmaster of [[The Daily Stormer|''The Daily Stormer'']]''. ''He is best known for being indicted for exposing a flaw in computer security that allowed hackers to steal data, for which he served 13 months in prison before his conviction was overturned on the grounds that the trial was not conducted properly.<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/technology-media-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-hacking-04c73bb948ce4182845a6d27e0a9c3e1 Notorious troll calls the online tactics ‘a national sport’], ''Associated Press''</ref> He has urged people to kill black or Jewish children and has praised the far-right mass murderer [[Anders Behring Breivik]].<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/08/03/neo-nazi-hacker-distributes-racist-flyers-calling-death-children Neo-Nazi Hacker Distributes Racist Flyers Calling for the Death of Children], Southern Poverty Law Center</ref> He also claimed responsibility for an incident in which thousands of printers across the US were hacked and made to print flyers adorned with Swastikas and racist messages.<ref>[https://www.adl.org/blog/hacker-claims-credit-for-anti-semitic-flyer-sent-to-college-campuses Hacker Claims Credit for Anti-Semitic Flyer Sent to College Campuses], Anti-Defamation League</ref> | ||
Despite his neo-Nazi and antisemitic views, Auernheimer is of Jewish descent. | Despite his neo-Nazi and antisemitic views, Auernheimer is of Jewish descent. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Auernheimer was born in Arkansas in 1985. At age 14, in 1999, he enrolled at James Madison University to study mathematics, and dropped out in 2000. | Auernheimer was born in Arkansas in 1985. At age 14, in 1999, he enrolled at James Madison University to study mathematics, and dropped out in 2000. | ||
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In 2017, Auernheimer was reported to be working as the webmaster for ''The Daily Stormer''. An SPLC analyst described Auernheimer and Anglin as "primary innovators" in the use of online trolling by right-wing extremists. | In 2017, Auernheimer was reported to be working as the webmaster for ''The Daily Stormer''. An SPLC analyst described Auernheimer and Anglin as "primary innovators" in the use of online trolling by right-wing extremists. | ||
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